Rains Construction Named Low Bidder for Neches River Bridge
J A Rains Construction of Muskogee Oklahoma is the low bidder with 872000 for the Evadale Neches river bridge project. Contract award awaits Highway Commission action at its next meeting. Construction spans 18 to 24 months with work likely starting after the year’s end due to Christmas and pending paperwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Rains
Muskogee
Okla
Neches River
Evadale
Lester P. Landgraf
Landgraf
Highway Commission
Silsbee Tigers and Victor Pirates face off in cellar battle
Silsbee hosts Victor in the homecoming game to close the 1959 season at Kirby Stadium. A win would lift Silsbee from last in district for the first time since 1954, but prognosis favors the Pirates. Coach Maurice Hobbs prepares a troubled lineup with injuries to Nicky Gilbert and Gene Roberts as the Tigers seek momentum after a 20-6 loss to French.
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Pirates
Silsbee
Tigers
Nederland
Tiger
Maurice Hobbs
Kirby Stadium
Nicky Gilbert
Gene Roberts
French Buffaloes
Roger Ratliff
Marvin Gordon
Charlie Woodard
Harold Bean
Andrew Hare
Bobby Pontes
Joe Blackmon
Kenneth Cones
Dee Cunningham
Buffs
Woodard
Bengals
French
Jimmy Jennings
Ronnie Cole
Kenneth Warlick
Gayhart Jeans
Gordon
Ratliff
Bean
Trahan Family Visit In Nederland Shared Weekend
Mr and Mrs Tommy Trahan and their baby visited over the weekend at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Rene Trahan in Nederland, sharing family time with relatives.
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Tommy Trahan
Baby
Nederland
Rene Trahan
Richard E. Busby
Russell Busby
Hawaii
Navy
Spain
Mrs. L. TP. Skinner
Europe
Holy Land
Junior High Cage Quintet Opens With Buna Friday
Silsbee Junior High workouts underway as the Cubs schedule varsity and B team games. Ninth grade coach W P McGarahan lists the season with games at Buna Kountze Sour Lake Beaumont and other towns, plus tournaments in December and January.
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Junior High Cage
Buna Friday
Silsbee Junior High School
Cubs
Buna
W. P. McGarahan
Tax Assessor's Office Hours Expanded at Courthouse
The county tax assessor will keep the courthouse office open during the noon hour Monday through Friday starting Monday Navy 16. Willie T. Bean, county tax assessor, announced the current tax period runs Oct 1 1959 to Jan 31 1960 with no penalty during noon hours. He noted property tax concerns rise as assessments and collection become more important to taxpayers.
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Kountve
Willie T. Bean
Bean
Mr. Bean
Hundreds Return for Silsbee High Homecoming Festivities
Silsbee High prepares a Friday November 20 homecoming with hundreds of ex students expected. Activities include registration tables, a 1 30 pm gathering in the auditorium, a 2 pm homecoming program and pep rally, a 3 pm reception, and the football game versus Victor with the queen named at halftime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High
Bruce, Watts
Tigers
Victor
Ministerial Fellowship Sets Community Thanksgiving
The Silsbee ministers group met at St. John's Episcopal Church with Rev. J. A. Hendrix presiding to finalize plans for the Annual Community Thanksgiving service on Wednesday November 25 at 8 p m in First Methodist Church Silsbee. Hendrix will deliver the sermon and a choir anthem will be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
St. John’s Episcopal Church
J. A. Hendrix
First Methodist Church of
Hendrix
Grant Herbst
First Christian Church
P. F. Herndon
Evadale Lions To Sponsor Turkey Shoot This Saturday
Evadale Lions Club will hold a turkey shoot this Saturday at 1 p m. E C Nash president announced the event. Contestants pay 1 per shot with proceeds funding Evadale Lions civic projects.
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Evadale Lions
Evadale Lions Club
E. C. Nash
Tigers Enter New Football District 10AAA Next Season
The 1960 Silsbee Tigers football schedule places the team in new district 10AAA with Victor Neder land Huntsville Conroe and Jasper. Home games include Liberty Pt Acres Bridge City Jasper and Victor while road dates feature Conroe and Nederland with a key opener at Cleveland and a bye week on Oct 14.
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Tigers
Silsbee Tigers
Bruce Watts
Silsbee
Victor
Nederland
Huntsville
Conroe
Jasper
Cleveland
Liberty
Pt. Acres
Kountze
Bridge City
Tigers Open Basketball Season With Bridge City
Silsbee high school will start basketball workouts next week after the football season ends with a homecoming win over Victor Pirates. The Tigers schedule includes a Dec 1 doubleheader versus Bridge City here with a 6 pm B game and 8 pm A game, plus a slate of games through February 12 against teams like Orangefield Port Neches Evadale Kirbyville Victor Jasper and Nederland.
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Victor Pirates
Silsbee Tigers
Bridge City
Tigers
Orangefield
Port Neches
Evadale
Kirbyville
Victor
Jasper
Nederland
Thirteen Auxiliary Hospital Workers To Receive Awards
Thirteen area women from the Hardin County Hospital Auxiliary will be honored at a 7:30 p.m. cap presentation in the hospital. Mrs. Marilyn Mitchell, superintendent of nurses, will present service awards for 100 hours of volunteer work. Mrs. Mary Lou Brown, auxiliary president, invites interested women to attend.
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Hardin County Hospital
Marylin Mitchell
Mary Lou Brown
Christmas Basket Program Planning Gets Underway
Silsbee starts its annual Community Christmas Basket drive with a layman committee formed by area church members. Tom Tennison chairs the group with W C McNaughton as vice chair and O D Hefner as secretary. Ernie Dietrich serves as treasurer. A second planning meeting is set for Nov 24 at the Methodist church. Lt Richard E Busby returns from Hawaii for a visit before a Spanish posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Methodist Church
Silsbee Ministerial Alliance
Tom Tennison
W. C. McNaughton
O. D. Hefner
Ernie Dietrich
Mrs J D Cones Returns Home After Hospital Treatment
Mrs J D Cones was discharged to her home Sunday following several days of treatment at Hardin County Hospital.
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J. D. Cones
Hardin County Hospital
Peace Officers Have Light Week in County Jail Report
County peace officers reported a light week with 13 arrests at the county jail in Kountze. Judge Fletcher Richardson presided once, fining D. Lucas $25 and costs for driving with license suspended. Arrests included 10 drunks, one second offense DWI, and two intoxicated in a car. Lonnie Nobles, 34, of Silsbee pleaded guilty to theft by false pretext at Hardy Shoe Store and received a one year probationary sentence plus jail costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Rountree
Kountze
Fletcher Richardson
D. Lucas
Silsbee
Lonnie Nobles
Hardy Shoe Store
Beaumont
School Trustees Ban Shorts For Girls In District Policy
Dress rules become official as Silsbee Independent School District adopts policy banning shorts blue jeans and tight pants for girls and requiring shirts to be buttoned for boys. Board revises policies discusses Chance-Loeb tuition transfers and hires Homer Vincent as custodian at Frank Robinson elementary.
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Silsbee Independent School District
Chance- Loeb School District Board of Trustees
Chance- Loeb
Chance-Loeb
Silsbee
Don Hough
Homer Vincent
Frank Robvinson
Rufus Holmes
Wheeler Visits Corsicana Daughter’s Home
W A Wheeler of Corsicana is visiting in the home of his daughter Mrs Doris McKay narrating a family visit.
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W. A. Wheeler
Corsicana
Mrs
Doris McKay
City C of C to Sponsor Milan for Prosperity Film
City Council and Silsbee Chamber of Commerce sponsor a public showing of Milan for Prosperity a city planning film at the junior high auditorium Monday at 7 30 pm City Manager Banks notes the 18 minute program outlines steps cities must take to grow and prosper He hopes Houston City Engineer Spence Love can attend for a discussion after the screening
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Milan
Banks
The
City Council
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Banks
Texas League of Municipalities
Spence Love
Houston
Lamar Land Fund Dinner To Feature Peale At $100 Plate
Dr Norman Vincent Peale will speak at the Lamar Land Fund Victory Dinner in Beaumont at the Harvest Club on a $100 per plate basis. The event limited to 600 attendees with 350 tickets sold. reservations via Leonard Menius East Texas Pulp and Paper Company personnel director in Silsbee for area supporters.
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Ridgewood Motor Hotel
Beaumont
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Southwestern
Leonard Menius
W. E. Merrem
Merrem
Southwestern Settlement and Development Corp
Eastex
A. G. Natwick
R. M. Buckley
J. W. Martindale
E Cc. Owens
W. R. Owens
Norman Vincent Peale
New York
Lamar ‘Tech Land Fund
Harvest Club
Vio Beaumont
Silsbee
Lamar’s Land Fund
East Texas Pulp and [Paper Company
Lions Club Buffet Supper to Honor Bulb Salesmen
Silsbee Lions will host a buffet supper Monday at 6 p m at the Bluebonnet cafe to fete light bulb sale teams. Rev Bob Waters spoke on Thanksgiving significance. Rev Eugene Jonte introduced him. Lion Charles Suitt announced minstrel committee details and Bob Banks urged attendance at a city planning film Monday at 7 30 p m.
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Silsbee Lions
al Mashburn
Lions
Bob Waters
First Methodist Church of
Kountze
Eugene Jonte
Silsbee
Lion Charles Suitt
Lions Club
Lion Bob Banks
Best Ball Tourney Planned Sunday At Country Club
Silsbee Golf and Country Club will host a best ball tournament this Sunday announced by Club Pro John Spillar. Both men and women can enter using handicaps, with partners chosen in a post play drawing.
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Silsbee Golf and Country Club
John Spillar
B-Game Tonight Pits Cubs Against Victor B Eleven
A B squad football game is set between the Silsbee B team and Victor B team tonight at 7 30 after the homecoming parade and bonfire. The night program begins with the shirt tail parade and related events.
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Cubs
Victor
Sils‘bee
Vidtor
Woman's Club Counts Blessings For CARE Program
The Silsbee Woman's Club met at Mrs. B. L. Moreland's home with 24 members and two guests. They lit a candle for CARE, welcomed new member Mrs. Leon Bovette, reported $66 from a rummage sale, and planned to enter GFWC achievement contests and support federation projects. The Dec. 10 meeting will feature district president Mrs. Parley Sanford.
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Silsbee Woman's Club
B. L. Moreland
Jess L. Odum
Jack Hill
H. H. Morgan
Leon Bovette
L. EE. Martin
C. E. Richmond
Silsbee Civic Club, Inc
Wade Parker
GFWC
Yhe
L. F. Skinner
Parley Sanford
el Campo
TFWC
Architect George Markham on 14 day furlough home visit
George Markham an architect with the U S Air Force stationed at Kindley Air Base Bermuda is on a fourteen day vacation visiting his mother Mrs J G Markham Sr in Silsbee and his brothers in Beaumont and Silsbee.
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George Markham
U. S. Air Force
Kindley Air Base
Bermuda
J. G. Markham Sr
Silsbee
Beaumont Land Silsbee
Silsbee Community Thanksgiving Service Set At First Methodist
The Silsbee Minister's Fellowship sponsors the Community Thanksgiving Service on Thanksgiving Eve at 8 p m at First Methodist Church. Rev J A Hendrix of First Assembly of God delivers the sermon with area ministers assisting. The Chancel Choir, directed by Mrs Alvin Ragan, sings the anthem. An offering benefits the Fellowship. A nursery for underage children is provided.
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First Methodist Church
Alvin Ragan
Silsbee
Doctors of
J. A. Hendrix
First Assembly of God
Frank Grote
R. Eugene Jonte
Santa Fe Executive Kelley Fogg Speaks to Kiwanis Club
Kelley M. Fogg executive assistant with Santa Fe Railway, formerly of Silsbee, spoke at the Kiwanis Club lunch about current railroad problems and the early westward rail expansion. Gus Hussman introduced him. The Kiwanis chili supper Tuesday night yielded a neat profit for charity.
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Kelley M. Fogg
Santa Fe Railway Co
Houston
Kiwanis Club
Mr. Fogg
Silsbee
Fogg
Gus Hussman
Births in Hardin County Hospital Kountze and Silsbee
Novembers brought several newborns in Hardin County hospital. James Thomas Read, son of James Edward Read of Kountze, born November 17. Mark Allen Spears Jr., son of Martin Spears Jr. of Beaumont, born November 7. Donna Sue Anderson, daughter of James and wife of Silsbee, born November 15. Debra Ann Richardson, daughter of William Durwood Richardson of Kountze, born November 14. Samuel Richard Holla way, son of Harry Hollar and spouse of Village Mills, born November 15. James Edward Bovette, son of Edward Bovette of Silsbee, born November 11. Paul Leonard Jr., son of Paul Leonard Proctor Sr. of Kountze, born November 11. All births occurred at Hardin County hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thomas
Hardin County Hospital
Kountze
James Edward Read
Martin Spears Jr
Beaumont
Mark Allen
Donna Sue
James Anderson
Silsbee
William Durwood Richardson
Debra
Ruspell Coleman Family Visit Noted At Hemmen Sway Home
Mr and Mrs Ruspell Coleman and a grandson of Victor visited Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs F H Hemmen sway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruspell Coleman
Victor
F. H. Hemmensway
Calvert Family Visits Mrs Barnes in Palese Tune
Mrs G W Calvert and her children visited last week in the home of Mrs M M Barnes in Palese tune along with Mrs V 8 Calvert.
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G. W. Calvert
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Silsbee Tiger
J. McBride
Wridav
Sam P. Copeland Jr
Denton
Sam P. Copeland Sr
Buff
Cones
Bill Fields
Buffaloes
Doug Williams
Jeams
Don Ward
Here
Sour Lake
Bowie
Crockett
MacArthur
Dowling
Newton
Austin
Amelia
Paper Company
City C. of C
Skinners
Lamar Land Fund
L. Menius
Woman's Club
Santa Fe
Kelley Fogg
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